counterplay vs face-off

counterplay

noun
  • A game move made as a response. 

  • A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game. 

  • A counterattack in a different part of the board. 

verb
  • To make a counterplay; to play in response. 

  • To counter; to contrast or contradict. 

face-off

noun
  • The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee 

  • A confrontation or argument between two people or groups 

How often have the words counterplay and face-off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )